FOOD FUN: Donut Cake

It’s the perfect celebration cake for a donut lover: a donut topped layer cake! This fun food was made at Duff’s Cakemix, a bakery café and do-it-yourself cake decorating studio in Los Angeles. The business is helmed by chef/co-owner Duff Goldman, TV’s Ace of Cakes. You can let your Inner Duff come out even if…
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RECIPE: Frozen Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie

[1] If you’ve got four hours, you can make this today (photo © Tieghan Gerard | Half Baked Harvest. [2] The crust is chocolate cookie crumbs (photo © Nabisco).   There’s still time to make this Frozen Peanut Butter Chocolate Pie for dinner tonight! It was developed by Tieghan Gerard of Half Baked Harvest and…
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RECIPE: Tequila Cupcakes

Tequila cupcakes: something different for Dad. Photo courtesy Hornitos Tequila.   For Father’s Day, Prohibition Bakery in New York City, which specializes in baking with booze, has created a special cupcake, featuring new Hornitos Black Barrel tequila (more about it below). Called the La Bamba cupcake, it features all the mixings of a perfect cocktail…
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RECIPE: Chocolate Dougnut Holes

Photo by Hannah Kaminsky | Bittersweet Blog.   How about whipping up this wonderful chocolate treat for Father’s Day breakfast or brunch? It‘s sure to be a hit. “You can do so much better by turning to your own kitchen rather the drive through for doughnut satisfaction” says cookbook author Hannah Kaminsky. “A fear of…
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RECIPE: Stout Doughnut Holes With Bacon Jam

[1] Doughnut holes filled with bacon jam (photo © South Water Kitchen | Chicago [now closed]).   June 6th is National Donut Day, commemorating the “donut lassies,” female Salvation Army volunteers who provided doughnuts—and also writing supplies, stamps, clothes-mending and home-cooked meals—for soldiers on the front lines. Approximately 250 Salvation Army volunteers provided assistance to…
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